￼Breast cancer is a growing problem in India and all of Asia and threatens to deluge our health services by 2030.What is worrisome is that we do not have the resources to match the growing incidence. We have to start looking for indigenous solutions to our problem of breast cancer. We do have a good pool of talent especially in the autonomous institutions and the private sector, doing good work but there is very little support to encourage them to pool together data and make sense of it. The numbers that we see every year should, ideally, have provided us with a lot of answers, had we pooled our data and presented it to the world.
In an attempt to push this possibility, I brought together like minded surgeons and created a group, the Delhi Breast Oncology Group (DBOG), on 6th November, 2014.We are in the process of giving it a formal shape and the first step in this direction will be taken on the 3rd of January 2014, when we meet again. Max Cancer Centre will host this meeting and the first CME(case discussions) as well on 3.1.15. All clinicians with an interest in breast cancer ( Surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, pathologists etc.)are cordially invited to attend this program.
For further information, please contact Dr Geeta Kadayaprath, Head , Breast Surgical Oncology, Max Cancer Centre, Patparganj, Delhi, India

Another year comes to an end.... a year full of challenges, some met ....some transferred to the next year.Professionally, I made an important decision ... of focussing my energies at one centre instead of hopping between two. Now, I head the breast services at Max Cancer Centre, Patparganj, alone. I am able to be involved in the entire process of entry to exit of my patients with breast cancer.The Support Group meetings, the academic meetings, the surgical work, the post operative care, the process of auditing my own work to constantly improve the care, have taken off and I believe these are a few steps in the right direction.The endeavour to excel continues......
The new year beckons.....It will be 2015 in a few hours. Tomorrow will be the first Breast support group meeting of the year. The enthusiasm of my champions is all pervasive and we will, together, celebrate life with renewed vigor and new hopes.Breast cancer will be a forgotten word....smiles, chatter, dancing, eating, sharing and a sense of camaradarie will dominate proceedings. I am looking forward to it..All are welcome to join!!!
For further details, please contact Dr Geeta Kadayaprath, Head, Breast Services, Max Cancer Centre, Patparganj, Delhi